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Florent Schmitt’s Quatre lieds (1912): Dark colors and wistful sonorities...
A vintage copy of the score to Florent Schmitt’s Quatre lieds, set to the verse of writers Jean Richepin, Catulle Blée and Maurice Maeterlinck. Composed in 1912, the music was published by S. Chapelier...
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“White-haired, bearded and thoroughly charming”: American contralto Rita...
Town Hall in New York City, where the League of Composers recital featuring Florent Schmitt and fellow musicians was held on November 27, 1932. One of the serendipitous aspects of music history is...
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Stretching tonality to the breaking point: Florent Schmitt’s weird and daring...
Florent Schmitt, photographed at about the time he was composing the vocal set Kérob-Shal. Even before the onset of World War I, Florent Schmitt was already known as a pathfinding composer. Indeed,...
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Hymne à l’eté: Florent Schmitt’s deliriously ecstatic a cappella choral...
A vintage copy of the score to Florent Schmitt’s Hymne à l’eté, composed in 1913. Vocal music comprises an important component of Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works. Throughout his long career the...
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Conductor Fabien Gabel talks about his musical journey with French composer...
The sign on the door to Fabien Gabel’s dressing room at Maison de la Radio, where our interview was held. On May 12, 2022, the French conductor Fabien Gabel stepped up to the podium in the auditorium...
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The first-ever video performance of Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII (1904) is...
Conductor Fabien Gabel leads the Orchestre National de France with soprano Marie Perbost and the Chœur de Radio-France in Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII. (Maison de la Radio, Paris, May 12, 2022) A...
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Two rarities are among the compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in...
In addition to multiple presentations of Schmitt’s best-known composition La Tragédie de Salomé, music-lovers will be treated to two mid-career works — In Memoriam and the Symphonie concertante....
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Conductor Fabien Gabel is interviewed by Crescendo Magazine about his new...
The new BIS recording, released in June 2022. In June 2022, the BIS label is releasing an important new recording that features French trumpet repertoire performed by the noted soloist Håkan...
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A seductive austerity: Florent Schmitt’s Quinque cantus (1952)
George ‘Nick’ Gianopoulos Recently, an upload appeared on American composer George ‘Nick’ Gianopoulos‘ estimable YouTube music channel that features Florent Schmitt’s late-career choral work Quinque...
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Murky polychromatic worlds: Florent Schmitt’s Trois poèmes de Robert Ganzo...
“It’s as if someone said to you: ‘Throw yourself from a fourth-floor window — and mind you, fall gracefully.’” — Claire Croiza, French mezzo-soprano, on Florent Schmitt’s vocal music Claire Croiza...
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Musiques de plein air (1900-04): An orchestral rarity from Florent Schmitt’s...
A vintage copy of the score to Florent Schmitt’s Musiques de plein air, one of the envoi submitted by the composer during his Prix de Rome period (1900-04). As Florent Schmitt’s star has continued to...
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From clamorous outsider to consummate insider: Florent Schmitt’s...
The music world owes a debt of gratitude to two rival organizations that were at the center of the Parisian arts scene during France’s “Golden Age” of music. A May 4, 1914 Société musicale...
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Violinist John McLaughlin Williams and pianist Matthew Bengtson talk about...
Pianist Matthew Bengtson and violinist John McLaughlin Williams. On October 22, 2022, violinist John McLaughlin Williams and pianist Matthew Bengtson presented an intriguing program of music at a...
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Conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about performing In Memoriam (1935), Florent...
Conductor JoAnn Falletta holds the conductor’s score to Florent Schmitt’s In Memoriam, which she performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in November 2022. On November 12 and 13, 2022, JoAnn...
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Inventive and influential pianism: Florent Schmitt’s Nuits romaines (1901)
A vintage copy of the score to Florent Schmitt’s Nuits romaines (1901), For nearly every French composer coming of age during the period 1850-1950, competing for and winning the Prix de Rome first...
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Capturing the persona of Florent Schmitt, as reflected in the reminiscences...
A slender, petite man — and the giant legacy he left us — draw parallels with Maurice Ravel. Three Florent Schmitt biographies: (l.-r.) Hucher (1953), Ferroud (1927), Lorent (2012). Over the decades, a...
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“Fresh daydreams, where worries are absent”: Florent Schmitt’s early-career...
These charmers, written for violin or cello soloist, make for perfect recital pieces. The 2014 NAXOS release featuring Florent Schmitt scores for violin and piano. Music-lovers who are familiar with...
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“Courtly and polite, mixed with humor and sarcasm”: Florent Schmitt sits for...
The cover of the January 25, 1929 issue of Le Guide du concert magazine, which contains a feature interview with French composer Florent Schmitt. Pictured on the cover is Alexandre Arsénieff, a Russian...
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Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s sonic spectacular — the Symphonie concertante...
Tomoki Sakata (Photo: Hideki Namai) On Valentine’s Day 2023, Japanese pianist Tomoki Sakata presented Florent Schmitt’s stunning Symphonie concertante, Op. 82 in concert with the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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American composer George N. Gianopoulos talks about his development as a...
George ‘Nick’ Gianopoulos American composer George N. ‘Nick’ Gianopoulos is well-known in the classical music community of Southern California, where he has been based for 15 years. A native of...
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